Door Carrier Failure

[Elvis 3.0]

with the cold dip in the northeast (arctic blast closer to where you are) i would say it is definitely worth your time to pull the caps off inside the door and use a teflon lube, coolant, or plain old frozen lock spray. i just finished talking to my wife regarding the known frozen lock problem on bmw's and the very next day- there they go! so a pair of needle nose pliers, a precision flat head, and about twenty minutes of patience ( those suckers are on tight) sprayed the hell out of the inside of the handle. no problems.

I think that locks will either freeze stuck open, or freeze stuck close depending. so it is definitely possible that your wife experience the latter. I just kept the plugs off in the event I needed to re-spray later in the winter. A quick note if it isn't obvious, the plugs have a permanent outer seam that is seated flat against the door, and you should see the inner seam of the plug. that is where you will pry and tug for an excessive amount of time in order to free them.